Pronounce: signal
are you working from home or at the office today?
how is the weather outside?
where are you going for summer?
when was the last time your parents visited madrid?
your mother´s knee operation going well? or was it a hip operation?
house in good shape?
what´s the news in madrid this week? in spain?
war? covid? usa shootings? monkey pox?
or 60 euros
what we did was buy a replicator/amplifier. 50 or 60 euros.
OR
what we did was, we bought a replicator/amplifier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E2963DliU4
ABEL CABALLERO, alcalde de vigo, decided to put up more xmas lights than anyone.
comments not so great. what is your opinion of him?
spent semana santa in A Cañiza. is not from there,
only spent summers there growing up. father is from that town only.
on saturday father´s birthday:
spent the say with nephews.
with someone´s friends.
mom had knee surgery
canastro
horreo
(asturian
few years ahgo she had surgery
all mother´s family in pais vaisco
all father´s family is in galicia.
pablo lopez = if you like pablo lopez, i think you´ll like keane
THINGS TO DO FOR NEXT WEEK=
1. gerund/infinitive/bareinfinitive
(maybe make a pie chart showing how often gerund and infinitive are used, and how relatively little bare infinitive is used)
2. SINCE/FOR/HACE TIEMPO
3. NEGATIVE ADVERBIAL
last class she said me neither. show her that you can also say neither do i.
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my mom is going to be vaccinated
she has to go with someone.
you have to wait here for 15 minutes just to prove that you dont have any kind of reaction. =
you have to wait here for 15 minutes just to make sure you don´t have any kind of reaction
you know where is the caixa bulilding? = do you know where the caixa building is?
plaza de parking = parking lot
They are living in Galicia since last June. = They´ve been living in Galicia since last June
even that I said two or three days ago, thing are goinna be quite complicated, take some clothes and go the village. = I even told her two or three days before, things are gonna be quite complicated…
they flight = they flew
Les dije que fueran a Galicia 2 o 3 dias antes del confinamiento =
I told them to go to Galicia two or three days before the lockdown
my mom has a sister that was in galicia as well, 35 years ago. =
my mom has a sister who was also in Galicia, 35 years ago.
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Teleférico = Gondola, Cable Car
Teide - highest mountain in Spain. 3178 meters, volcano.
Tenerife.
when i will be retired, i would like going there 1 or 2 months. = When I am retired, I would like to go there for 1 or 2 months.
senderismo = hiking
p. authorization
sulfuro = sulfur
asufre = ?
sulfuro = sulfide
sulfur = asufre
grietas = cracks
el parque natural de las cañadas del teide = you drive through it and you can see restros de dried lava from a past eruption.
I love hug my nephew = I love hugging my nephew
I hate wake up early. = I hate waking up early.
“we wanted to do a lot of things” ref marrakesh
we knew all the things we wanna do.
i can make a clear difference between…
to some specific friends. to certain friends.
one hour far away from pontevedra. = one hour away from pontevedra
acaniza. between ourense and vigo
1 living in switzerland.
2 were in canarias and baleares,
went one week to ski during a holy week.
we were remember the trip we did to Valle de Aran.
we went about 10 years ago for 5 days.
one of my best frends cames from alcaniza. = one of my best friends came from alcaniza
we made a trip to Marrakesh, and another one to cadiz.
encajar = to be a good fit.
we spent the wghole day in a 4x4
cross the desert.
even it was in may, the temperature was not the best one.
even that we slept in a camp, and even that it was not a luxury camp, I chose a good camp.
VAlle de aran. a mountain between france and spain.
Doja in Saudi Arabia, just for a layover on your flight. on your honeymoon.
sobre la marcha :
as we go
play it by ear
improvise
wing it
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Pronounce: manufacture, guarantees, theory, private, apartheid
fabrica = factory
un siniestro = an accident
el coche se quedo siniestro = the car was totaled
thanks god that the car is an old car = thank god the car was an old car
my father forgot to put the manual brake = to put on the emergency brake
there was´nt enough distance to get a higher speed = there wasn´t enough distance to go faster.
the 90 percent of the workers of pontevedra, work in citroen = 90 percent of the workers in Pontevedra work in citroen.
miradores = lookout point
Santiago de Compostela is the the city in Galicia where rain more. =
Santiago de Compostela is the city in Galicia where it rains most.
Santiago de Compostela is the city in Galicia where it rains the most.
Santiago de Compostela is the city in Galicia that receives the most rain.
Santiago de Compostela is the rainiest city in Galicia.
the majority of people who visit Cies = (OK, or) most people who visit Cies
there are 20 kms far away from Vigo. =
It is 20 km away from Vigo.
It is 20 km from Vigo.
they have a camping = they have camp sites
faro = lighthouse
Indiana Jones was recorded there = Indiana Jones was filmed there.
i was 18 that in that moment I thought i was an adult. but now 21 years ago i know that with 18 years you are stupid and that´s enough.
I was 18, which in that moment I thought I was an adult. but now 21 years later I know that at 18 you are stupid and that´s enough.
we make some trips there = we did/made some trips there
to make a safari = to do a safari
private chofer = personal driver, personal chauffeur
different rasgos = different features
the difference is more notable = the difference is more noticeable
NOTES:
Cangas
ria de aldan
Vigo, a small city, city with a lot of hills. Isla Cies, Isla de Ons, isla de san simon
Rodas Beach = big one
Cala de Nuestra Señora = small one
from a previous class:
q??? - you mentioned some cultural sensitivies you must have as a client bank business.
what are some of the cultural sensiitives, an example?
??? - what is private equity?
do you have spam filters set up ?
just checking emails take one hour at least.
my boss moved the meeting from yesterday til today. = to today.
we´re on lock = we´re on lockdown
not as one year = not like one year ago
why can´t work just slow down instead of trying to get eerything done in two days.
what are the reports about? need to check two reports.
p. committee.
risk committee, price committee
we have a presencial committee (on zoo)= live
we are going to defend the price we have with the customers (justify)
your boss prefers that I review the note.
NY, Miami.
Sri lanka (5 years ago), maldives,
simulacros = drills
cada x arboles = every so often there is a speaker/megaphone to avise = to warn them
sir lanka was be discovering = was being discovered.
Peking Express = TV show, takes place in differen countries. 2016 was in sri lanka.
they have to recorrer the island doing autostop, with just one euro per day for food
etapas = stages
rules you have to cumplir = follow
japanese tourists are muy educados = v ery well behaved
p. Parisians
prepotentes = pretentious
the culture they have is more open mind = open minded
the sun marca el ritmo =
they conquist the peninsula = they conquered
they have lose part of the island.
no puedo no coger el telefono = i can´t not pìck up the phone
you have to introduce it in the milk =
tell me about your time in UK. you said you had colleauges in the UK.
did you spend time in the UK?
the battery is almost finished = the battery is almost gone
I didn´t bought furniture in that house.
I dont feel like spend money in a house that is not my hosue.
this bed has the otpion to make a bed = pullout couch
i know if i have to do it or not = good, or, whether
la creencia = the belief
ask about camino de santiago
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fuerza de voluntad = will power
I love eat candies. = I love eating candy.
Even I dont need it, i buy it = Even if I don´t need it, I buy it.
spinning, zumba,
after moving =
despues de la mudanza =
to run at a slow rhythm =
politic = politician
cambio climatico = climate change
Vox party politician said that due to the cold, there are more people that die to the cold, than due to the warm. so it´s not so bad if the climate change.
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do you know how much spanish politicians get paide?
de esta manera = in that way
vitalicio = lifelong
salario vitalicio = lifelong salary
mandate, effort p.
Felipe Gonzalez. first x president in manageing to get 2 million euros as part of the pension
subventions = subsidies
p. Republicans
previous = former
oppo = former, latter
Juan CArlos primero took a lot of money from SAudi Arabia
a lot of money went into spain through this negotiation,
the king should had said no = the king should have said
= they benefitted from those contracts
bidding process p.
agradecimiento =
what should have done the king? = what should the king have done.
p. damaged
what is the point to think that it´s a good idea.
they want that the same position be occupied by someone with the same mentality or ideology.
blatantly , shamelessly = con dos cojones, descaradmente
my mom doesnt has a degree =
´i remember the winters in galicia with my grandmother´ . raining for days, no sun.
My father read a lot of newspaper… (present or past)?
albañiles = construction workers
sotano = basement
claraboya = skylight
the fucntion of this clara boya it´s allow the sotano… =
the function of this skylight is to allow the basement to have more light.
it makes that the basement have natural light. =
it makes the basement have natural light.
to avoid the drops of the water can go through the walls =
to keep drops of water from going through the walls
they dont have the guts to ask for it =
moisture = humidity
the water makes a circle = (ok, or) the water makes a ring
the paint goes off the wall = the paint comes off the wall
in comparation with these other things = in comparison with these other things
tela asfaltica = asphalt membrane or asphalt cloth
(how did the albañiles forget to put it on the first time? that would be like a pastry chef forgetting to add sugar to a cake mix)
we need to know the meausures (of the sofa) = the dimensions
due to the covid, all the companies are delaying all the deliveries = because of Covid,
he´s going to put me in contact with a colleague from other bank =
de pasada = in passing
it´s not a new =
you have this patriotic feeling,
and you dont?
we do, but with a diffrent measure. = to a differente extent
violación = rape
masacre = massacre
a lot of families missed their jobs = lost their jobs
obra social = social projects, community service
there are different ways of helping these organizations.
they ask us for going to some of these activities.
they prepare something for all the department.
they spended the whole afternoon with them
sorteo = raffle
to get founds = funds
it is really emotional see how they face this situation
poor they = poor them
strict about eating at the table.
even that i have clear limits, they know that I love them.
if you dont know how to behavior, then perfect, we stay at home.
monologista = stand up comedian
new house
we have suffer the pandemic. = we have suffered the pandemic
do you know anyone who has gotten it? (no, one person, not specified, but it wasn´t serioius)
asked about experience, she said she stayed 8 weeks inside without leaving except to the notary twice and once for food. So, who went out to buy food? Didn´t she feel stir crazy and want to leave? was she afraid?
I´m completely fed up about them
make me a resume = give me a summary
in 8 weeks, i think that i went out to the notary twice.
we are thinking on a new lockdown
p. anxiety
these 8 weeks had make me suffer more than I realized.
if i have to think about stay at home just one week
p. suicide
i dont want to pass thorugh this again.
I couldn´t stand it. no lo podria soportar
I will have an interview, an internal one taht all of us are doing it.
they will make me some questios in english.
ETT, Ranstad
they are specialized in temprary works = in temp jobs, temp work
recruitment p.
i´m not realy sure the department who is going to make the intertviews.
p. draw
even that Caixa has more control about the negotiations, it´s true that always they has to find,
Dia D = D Day
INTERIVEW ON TUESDAY, ABOPUT HOBBIES AND CAREER
from the last May, we signed one agreement that is going to open the option to work
La Matriz. = ?
It´s not gonna worth it = it´s not gonna be worth it.
we have been working in the same department sinc e2016
rosa.
which dept are we talking about ?
construction and infrastructure.
an assigned risk analyst.
the last class i took from english was more than 1 year ago.
“twenty 7” = 2007
3 fantastic guys, that one of them is now working with me in CIV
PIMES.
autónomos = freelancers.
oh my god, what I have done?
a good option to be in my time = a good choice
what does CIB stand for?
construction and infrastructure.
my tareas = the things I have to do = tasks
depends on = good.
the necessity of the customer = the needs of the client
p. convince, committee.
their paper in this company = their role in this company
politica = policy
equilibrium = p.
depends of the year… =
saldos medios =
balance (economic)=
what is your greatest achievement?
life = traveling around the world
work =
I work in a men´s world. = I work in a man´s world.
it´s quite complicate. = it´s quite complicated.
notaries (p. )
the CFO was in the same table , and we were around 20 people.
señorito = maleducado
me saltó = he skipped me
p. identity
he throw away my ID card =
no hay mayor desprecio que no hacer aprecio =
“I trust in karma”
“i wish that in the future he has to apply for something with me”
he can watch you over his shoulder = he can look down his nose at you.
tu desprecio =
if i could trravel around the world without thinking money, work..
gallego
asked me (p.) good!
the lady who pick up the phone spoke portuguese…
she was sitting pegada a mi = she was sitting right next to me.
we used to spend summers in basque country.
has a brother.
do something with used to / usually / to be used to
es hijo unico = he´s aan only child.
for me at 2 it´s ok.
where did she learn english?